Music saved me. When I was a young teen, troubled (you don’t wanna know, it was bad), lost, confused and into booze and drugs, one thing that gave my life meaning was music. Yes, rock and roll. It was fast, furious, raunchy and powerful. Like my brain at the time. It gave me some semblance […]

Way back when in the day when I wore a younger mans suit, there was this studio in town that was very successful. They had it all, including a solid reputation. It was a mom and pop operation. My favorite. Chatting with the pop of the ‘mom and pop’ duo one day, as he was […]

I always said my photography studio was like a swiss army knife. A “multi-purpose” studio for lack of a better term. Instead of specializing in a major niche, I specialize in many niches. Families, fairies, babies, commercial, weddings, boudoir, ice fairies, medieval sessions, headshots, theatre photography, seniors and more….much more. And now pop-up weddings. (More […]

This ever happen to you? You dream of walking to a bridge, and chucking it all overboard, into the flowing torrent of water below? You know, a box full of cameras, lenses and dreams. Poof! Gone…. What a relief it would be. Get rid of the whole fucking mess. You imagine what a relief it […]

“There are no stupid questions, only stupid people who ask questions.” ~anonymous~ I got an email from a photographer friend…it reads: “I started using Rob Provencher’s pricing model about a year ago. Instead of getting a sitting fee then hoping people would buy I use Rob’s idea, in this case I collect $250 at the […]

It seems selling photography is getting tougher and tougher all the time. I know, I see it, experience it and witness some strange behaviors. Questions from clients are revealing. For example, two recent scenarios from our studio and one from another studio who shall remain nameless. “Can I come over take a cell phone picture […]

I’ve scheduled three presentations with three of the smartest photographers in the industry today. In the books, locked and loaded..(with more to come!) Frontline presentation with Stacey Fox On November 8th at 8:00PM EST DETAILS HERE November 13th at 9:00PM EST with Dave Junion DETAILS HERE November 15th Marketing Mastermind with Rob Provencher and James […]

“There are no stupid questions, only stupid people who ask questions.” ~anonymous~ True story. A lady calls our studio yesterday. She was asking about a client’s session we had shot four weeks prior. When Tina, the studio bozz, my queen bee and fashion goddess got on the topic of the order being in (large prints […]